Update: The post has been deleted. Apparently someone thought it would be funny to post a false review on ratemyprofessor.com and gave me all ones. He/she wrote that I was a “hard ass” and “I suck.” Very funny. Guess some moron always has to come along and ruin all the fun.
Well there are several big things coming up over the next couple of weeks.
First, I am taking the Men’s Health fitness challenge. I encourage you guys to try it out too. The test has five simple components: one mile run, vertical jump, chin-up, and push-up, and one-legged squat. How many of each can you do? Click here for more details.
I will post my results tomorrow after I take the test sometime in the afternoon. Check back for my results.
Even as a boring researcher who spends days on end in dusty old archives, every now and again something shocks you. I came across this ad not long into my research regarding runaway slaves in Eastern North Carolina. [The full size image can be found below the page break].
Why is an old advertisement so shocking and interesting? The above advertisement’s five simple (although surprisingly verbose) paragraphs are short hand for a much larger and even more interesting tale. Their story includes enslavement, betrayal, yearning for freedom, fatherhood, rebellion, courage, anger, and half a dozen other compelling emotional angles that should perk the ears and tug at the heart.
Beyond that, the characters are laid out in a detailed manner (considering the space allowed for an advertisement), but in such a way that you are left desiring to know more about them.
I needed an outlet for my historical blogging needs so I opened a new blog here at WordPress at
http://thehistorydump.wordpress.com
I didn’t want to bore all those who check my blog for weight loss advice with long discussions of slavery and slave patrols. So if you are interested swing on by and leave a few comments.
Here is a copy of the inaugural post on my new blog…
Well, it is a rewrite of a section of my thesis. I tweaked it a bit (well a lot) to fit into a scholarly journal- I am thinking the North Carolina Historical Review (NCHR). I will be posting a rough draft in the coming week or so.
So all of you who like that kind of stuff set aside some time in your schedule to give it a read. 🙂
I am presenting for your enjoyment a PowerPoint presentation on slavery I created last year for a course on teaching at the college level. Some of its contents might surprise you. Let me know what you think.
Most of all I want to know if you learned anything knew? Did it challenge anything you thought you knew? What do you think it was missing? Or anything else that might be on your mind.
Just click the below link/file.
Today I will be working on some unfinished work. I am polishing up a short article for submission to the New Bern Historical Journal about the events as Street’s Bridge in 1821. For anyone interested, a larger discussion of the events at Street’s Bridge can be found in the first chapter of my thesis.
Beyond that I need to begin work on a new article I hope to submit to the North Carolina Historical Review. My new article will discuss the condition of the North Carolina Militia between the war of 1812 and the Mexican-American war of 1846.
Beyond the above topics I am looking into possible papers on
